Chapter 64: Chapter 64

Chapter 64.

The phone is pressed to my right ear and my eyes keep flaring and splaying as she keeps explaining the situation to me.

‘’He was in a confrontation with Jeddah.’’

‘’Who is Jeddah?’’

‘’Diana’s mum. It’s like she went to the sanatorium specifically to execute Harry.’’ My heart springs and tears fall involuntarily. This is threatening and I feel bad, so, so, bad about it.

‘’What has happened to Harrison?’’ I ask my voice quivering and that triggers Alvin to sluggish down a little bit.

‘’I don’t know, Clara. Anita called earlier and she was so nervous that she didn’t say much and I am headed there.

I cannot talk anymore, so, I drape upon her.

Why Harrison and I? This is becoming too much. We have and keep going through too much. I hope one day there will be the hope of walking out of this.

‘’Calm down, Clara, I will drive you straight to the hospital which we are not far from. You will get to see Harry in a few.’’

‘’Are we some execrable human beings or something? Why is it so hard to just let us stay together and have peace like normal human beings?’’

‘’It is …’’

‘’Okay? I don’t think so, no! It isn’t! Don’t lie to me that it is. Harry is lying in a hospital bed while I am here and I cannot be able to see him. To make matters worse, that woman went to finish what her daughter started and failed. What is okay?’’ he doesn’t respond to me completely. I feel like I can run mad any time but I want to stay well-balanced and sound. At least for the sake of my little boy and of course, my baby daddy.

They need me.

*

We are at the hospital gate after the very long drive. I am super tired and I just want to slump on some couch and relax, a long warm shower will do but hey, not now. That’s literally not happening. I don’t wait for the gate to be opened. I skip out of the car and I am totally aware of Alvin’s intense eyes on me.

I run towards the hospital entrance and when I spot Anita who I had called earlier to wait for me at the reception. I run to her and we hug tightly.

She looks pale and disoriented. I have never seen her like this. We stick in that position for like thirty seconds without a word.

She then pulls back and holds my hand then walks ahead of me as I follow closely. She leads me to Harry’s room and when I feel footsteps behind me, I glance briefly and Alvin is supporting Aliana both walking in speed.

When we finally get to the room which is at the far end of the corridor, I walk in and Harry is lying on his bed looking all pale, weary and emaciated. I didn’t leave him like this.

His eyes are closed innocently and I think I am not wrong to think that he is asleep. Deep asleep. I walk stealthily, cautiously and sneakily to his bed. I kow-tow down before him and lay my head close to his heart. I do absolutely nothing to stop the freely rolling tears. I feel really bad for Harry

I try to bring my hand to hold or caress him on the face but I pull back. I don’t know how he is gonna react to my touch now that he is really suffering. I try again and again and when I make a mental note to finally do it I feel a warm hand on my shoulder before I can do it and when I turn swiftly to check who is there, I meet Aliana’s kind and compassionate eyes on me.

‘’You need to get some rest, Clara. It has been a long day. Go home and relax then you can come back in the morning.’’

I have never heard a joke in a while. Why is she even doing this to me? Asking me to leave Harry alone? Doesn’t she know that Harry got hurt because I was away from him?

‘’That’s not happening, Aliana. I am going to stay here until Harrison wakes up.’’

‘’You don’t understand what’s going on.’’ I tilt my head to capture correctly what she is about to tell me. ‘’I just spoke to the doctors and he is going to be here for some time. He has been sedated and might wake up after several hours. Please …’’

I cut her off. ‘’I can’t, Aliana. I will stay here until he wakes up. I know my son is in good hands and I believe that my presence here will help Harry so much. Go if that’s what you wanna do.’’

She shrugs. ‘’Okay, that’s fine. Remember you can count on me whenever you want. Feel free to call me anytime you want anything. I will come back here tomorrow early in the morning to check on you two.’’

‘’Thank you. Please take Anita home with you.’’

‘’I will definitely do that. She is completely worn out.’’ She says sadly. I am about to ask where Alvin went to when she talks again responding to my unasked question. ‘’Alvin had warned me that you weren’t gonna accept to come home with me so, he went ahead to freshen up and bring you some food to eat.’’

In as much as I am hungry but without appetite, I feel my heart hurdling with joy because I will eat something. The day has indeed been very long and I sure need a lot of rest but that’s not happening. I will stay here until he wakes up. I will take care of him, protect him when I can and make sure that he is okay.

I wipe the now parching tears angrily. I hope that the woman was arrested or even worse killed. She is pushing the button too hard and biting more than she can chew.

Aliana hugs me tight and walks out her eyes shining in tears. I just have no idea what to do to get Harry out of this bed. I pray moving closer to him.

I flop on the tiny space that is free on his hospital bed, there is absolutely no movement and that’s traumatizing. He apparently is my brother but the love I feel for him is immense. Harry and I will break brotherly rules. We will commit a sin that maybe no one has ever committed but what will I focus on?

Our happiness.

I suddenly feel drowsy and I close my eyes to sleep a little. I open my sleepy eyes to find Alvin standing very close to me.

I smile at him absently and he smiles back.

Harry hasn’t moved or anything.

‘’How long have you been standing here?’’ I ask my eyes focused on Harry.

‘’You have been sleeping for quite a while. I didn’t wanna wake you up so, just go have your food without questions now that you are up.’’

‘’What do you think happened to him? I haven’t gotten a chance to speak to anyone about him.’’

‘’The woman shot herself in the head. She is a lunatic. When she saw security coming in, she did that. It was so ironic because she was literally there to slay …. Harry.’’

I feel chills running through my spine, that’s just the least of what I expected. ‘’Meaning Diana’s mum is no more?’’

He nods. ‘’You don’t have to worry about that though, she deserves it well. It was either her or Harry. I don’t want to see you suffer so, I am glad it was the former.

‘’I don’t wish anyone death. Not even on my worst enemy. In fact, that sounds like it was very easy for her. She should have been arrested.’’

‘’Hey, relax. Arresting her means she could have escaped prison anytime and could be traumatizing you any time she wanted, right?’’ I nod at him. ‘’Let’s just say that what happened was well deserved.’’

I shake my head. I don’t believe he just said that. He hands me some nicely packed food and I force myself to eat. I feel very bad for Harry. He must be very hungry. I wish he wakes up and gets something to eat.

He insists he wants to stay with me but I bluntly say no. he needs to rest because he is on duty tomorrow. He gives up after minutes of argument and then decides to go against his will. He promises to pass by in the morning before he goes to work.

There are lots of security guys outside and I doubt if someone with an ill motive would want to come and do anything uncalled for.

I sit on the floor close to the bed and leans my head on the bed. I am feeling sleepy but I really do want to avoid sleeping. I never know what might happen in my sleep. Gushes of tears are running down my cheeks and I let them be. I love him and nothing will ever change. I am going to be with him whether we have common blood or not. And that’s my final decision.

I don’t know what happens next but when I hear someone talking, I wake up. She is here, the queen bee herself. I am so sure that Jenna just wanted to torture me. She must have heard that I was here so she has brought herself. I glance at Harry’s bed and he is still sleeping peacefully.

‘’I told you to stay away from Harry, right?’’ she asks authoritatively.

‘’I remember that very well. What else do you wanna remind me?’’

‘’That Harry is your brother. I know you have confirmed the truth.’’

‘’I remember that too and guess what?’’ she sizes me and raises an eyebrow. She literally just came here to make my life a living hell but I will not let her.

‘’What?’’

‘’I have come to a decision that no one will interfere with. I have made my final decision.’’

‘’Ooh! Wow!’’

‘’I know you don’t wanna hear it but I want you to know that my final decision is that I don’t care if he is my brother or not. I am going to end up with Harry whether you like it or not.’’

‘’Over my dead body!’’

‘’Good luck, because I cannot wait to see you dead!’’ I tell her enthusiastically. I swear I don’t mean all that because when a mother dies, that too comes with its price. The people left suffering are the kids.

She bursts a peal of dry laughter. She came here thinking I was going to get intimidated but that’s not happening.

‘’I am not dying any time soon.’’

‘’I know, right?’’ I ask her sarcastically. ‘’Good luck with that too, remember Marcella? The woman you sent your goons to go and kill in prison?’’

She scoffs, ‘’who wouldn’t remember that foolish …’’ I raise my hand to stop her from speaking ill of my mother.

‘’Don’t even dare say anything negative about my mum. She was a good woman and you turned her into your puppet. You killed an innocent soul and let’s see where that will take you.’’ She smiles evilly. ‘’Anyway, as I was saying, she left all the evidence she had about you to the police. Very soon you will pay for your sins and I will be there to remind you that evil people like you deserve to be behind bars.’’

She blinks rapidly when I say that. She, however, quickly rubs off the emotions from her face and I smile telling her that all she has ever done in this world, she will pay for that.

‘’Marcella never had any evidence against me.’’

‘’Is that what you want to believe? Go right ahead, suit yourself and enjoy while at it, your majesty. I will still be here to remind you that in the next few years when your son and I have tens of babies and living happily forever.’’

‘’That’s never happening!’’

‘’Never say never,’’ I say and smile at her surprised face. She must have had expected to scare the hell out of me. ‘’Anyway, be my guest, I want you to be one of the witnesses on that. I will not have taken anyone’s boyfriend as you deed back in the days. You can never push someone out unfairly to take their locus. You will pay for each and every sin that you ever committed. Mark my word, Jenna or whatever you call yourself.’’

‘’What do you know?’’

‘’You mean apart from the fact that you killed my biological mother, then you went right ahead to kill the woman that raised me?’’ I pause a bit and smile at her. I am making her feel less and that’s very important to me. ‘’Well, shock on you, because I know a lot more things than you can ever imagine. You and your little games will come to an end very soon.’’

‘’We will see about that. If and when that happens. By the way, please note that you will never be there to witness this because I am here to finish what I was foolish enough not to finish many years ago.’’

‘’Good luck. By the way, how have you been receiving my late mum’s gifts?’’ her eyes shoot open making me smile, I am beating this silly woman to her own game. ‘’Enjoy that while it lasts. You will not be able to receive them longer because everyone is soon gonna find out what you have been up to. May you rot in hell forever.’’

I smirk at her. She looks like she is about to cry and I remember that saying that goes, ‘the rich also cry'. I swear I have never been as strong as I am right now. She is really trying to do her things and I am doing mine too. She pulls out a gun just at the same time that I notice my father, Harry’s dad coming in through the widely open door. He takes sure but stealth strides after motioning me to stay put. He reaches for the gun which an unsuspecting Jenna was holding and had erected towards me. I smile when she looks surprised.

‘’What the hell is wrong with you, Williams?’’

‘’You are and from today, your game is over.’’

‘’What do you mean?’’ he signals the police who walk in to take her with them.

She is told she is being arrested for questioning about Diana and her mum plus the gun, she was just pointing at me.

Dad, who I am not sure knows I am her daughter hugs me and when I hear movements where Harry is, I break loose from him and run towards Harry.

He is awake.